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FARMERS*
UNION NEWS
Practical Thought* for Practical
Farmer*.
t Conducted by K. W. Dabbs. Pres?
ident 1. 0. Karm?n Union.)
Itamlont Thoughts.
The year 1113 open* with many
farmer* barely even after a year's la?
bors and risk* for which they got m
return, and many more with serious
toeeea "Hope springe eternal In the
human breast.' and farming produces
a larger crop of hope at this season
than at any other. It la well now to
look back over the past to see what
were the causes that prevented the
full fruition of the hope of last Jan?
uary.
e e e
Plrst and frequent was the under?
taking of too much "Boreim, with too
large an auger"?over cropping. Sec?
ond, extravagance: buying things wc
did not need, or more expensive things
than we needed because "the best is
always cheapest." Forgetting th.it
nothing is cheap that we really do not
e e e
We may say what we please about
seasons, but the two causes above
have more to do with our failures
than seasons. 1 have seen men who
do not over-crop make good crops,
and do well in the most adverse sea
aeaa Sometimes it is said of them
"they got a rain that missed me." or
"they did not get a rain that I did."
But the rain or drought was not the
real reason. The real reason was
that he recognised his limitations and
only planted as muc h ss he could pre?
pare thoroughly, fertilise liberally,
and cultivate rapidly.
e e e
Then if he was a Judicious man In
his purchases, he made money, be?
cause he was able to sell to advantage.
Put the over n.pped farmer and ex?
travagance together and there is loss
mne times out of ten. It was a
timely warning the hanker sounded
which I mentioned last week, and we
will do well to heed It. The Farmers'
Union can do much to help the cause
of econom> and better farming. I
know Kro. Williams. President of the
t'ounty Union. Is in full sympathy
With such a propaganda, and will do
?II in his power to make such discus?
sions profitable and pleasant.
see
The county Union will meet on
Friday. January 10th, when the an?
nual election of officers will take
place and delegates will be elected to
the State meeting, which will ad in
the assembly hall of the Le Conte Oat"
l. n the University campus, at 3
p. nv. January 16th.
see
On Tuesday, January 21st. the
Florence County Union will meet in
Fiefs nee President Kirby has ex?
tended an Invitation to all the to?
bacco growing union* In the State to
send delegates to a conference that
day to try to effect an organisation
to control the acreage and marketing
of tobacco. Thin Is In lino with the
action of Virginia and North Caro?
lina t?d?acco growers. The bright
tobacco section being so small com?
pared with the cotton acreage It
ought not he so difficult to organize
them.
see
Hlr H ? i ? I'lunkett, the great or?
ganiser of rural Ireland, is at the Pat
tie Creek sanitarium n Michigan. He
write* rhat if possible he will he at
the National t'orn Kxposltlon, Jan?
uary 30th. Farmers' Union day. to
tell the f.uniers of the Southern States
hos? he organised Ireland, and what
It hss done to rejuvenate that poverty
stricken land.
Wishing all the readers of the
Watchman ft Southron a happy and
prosperous year. K. W. IX
Heath.
News has been foeolvad in the city
of the detith at his home at l.ake
Wmm\ Fl I . M Mr. W. A. Mills, a
brother of Mr W W. Mills of this
city. Mr M ilU di.-?| Thursday. Jan
Wary 3. seed 3s yearn. He was Inter?
ested In the Mills l.<imber*Cosapaay
of thi? city and w hh vice-president of
the r.ritton i.um?.?i Company af
l*ak> ? . ej|*
\ < ?r?i
To the Pubic
Having natd our drag sesstaess lo
t? F. M p. oi e.tmden. who will
continue the business .it the snme
stand, urubr the ihmk of '/emu's
Pharmucv. we bespeak f., Ihe row
Urn i rowtlaaaaes af the patronage
that w h?\e le ret..fore r?" \\>>\ We
nine wish to nnftand lo law i.pl< ?f
gjaaater and ad i - et counties our
thanks f*?r the nattwaage estendt ? Ul
r..r nsawj paars
CHIN If DRUG ST< >m:
NEWSPAPER MEN IN JAIL.
SENT to prison FOR conti mit
ok Idaho COURT.
Publisher, Man.i hi- l id I tor mid
stockholder of Capital Xewi PlB<
InIuhI.
Bosse, Idaho, Jan. 2.?it. s. Sherl
dan. publisher of the Rolse Capital
News; C. O. Droxton, managing editor,
and A. R. Cruzen. a local capitalist,
oonvtctoo1 today lot eontompt of the
Idaho supreme court for crttlclnUgJ
the court's decision barring Progres?
siv* ngnihlatni for presidential elect?
ors from the Idaho ballot, occupy a
cell In the county Jail, where they
will serve a ten day sentence each.
Each was also sentenced to pay a
fine of $600.
Although Crusen made affidavit
that he was In no way connected with
the paper, the sworn statement of the
publisher made In connection with
the federal law showed his ownership
of stock and bonds of the company
When the court asked Rroxton if he
knew of any reason why sentence
should not be pronounced he replied:
"None that this court will consider."
The newspaper men were placed In
the same cell occupied by Moyer, Hay
wood and Petlbone during their trials
for alleged conspiracy in the assassi?
nation of former Oov. Steunenberg.
In the answer died two weeks ago
by Sheridan and Droxton, representing
The Capital News Publishing com?
pany, they admitted responsibility for
publication of alleged contemptuous
articles in The Capital News, and in
explanation said the articles were
published in the belief of their priv?
ilege to do under the right of free
speech. They claimed there was no
Intention to Impede the administra?
tion of Justice and this could not have
been accomplished for the reason that
the decision already had been ren?
dered by the court.
The majority opinion of the court,
written by Justice Sullivan and con?
curred in by Chief Justice Stewart,
was read. It upheld the inherent
right of courts to punish for con?
tempt.
Justice Allshe dissented on nearly
every point. He held that the case
was not pending at the time of the
publication of the article In gUOS
tlon.
The three defendants were taken to
Jail.
STATK GRAIN EXHIBITION.
lAhlbitM of Various Kinds of (?rains
Representing South Carolina in Na?
tional FA cut Decided U|m>ii oy Coni
|>etitors.
Columbia. Jan. 2.?A select aggre?
gation of South Carolina grains,
grasses and other agricultural pro
duets win be exhibited at Columbia
January 9th and 10th. at tbe State
fair grounds. Th? occasion for tbis
exhibition will be the South Carolina
?tali grain show, held for the pur?
pose of selecting competitive exhibits
to represent South Carolina in the
Fifth National Corn Bxnoeitlon to be
hoM lore January JTth to IVbruary
Mb. Under Ihe rulea of this organlau
lion competitive exhibits, must come
up to the National corn show through
competition In the State show.
The National Corn Kxposition is by
no means restricted to corn alone, and
hence this grain show win Include
many of the important crops. It will
present Ihe bant work among south
Carolina farmers during the past year
In <(.rn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, cow
peas, soy beans, velvet ???ans, tim?
othy, alfalfa, rice. buckwheat, flax
?Ot g, gatflr corn, sorghum and broom
Kuril State will be limited to
twenty aamplei |g the National Expo?
sition? and thane samples for South
Curollna win be selected from the
products exhibited at the Mate grain
show. Competition in the National
Kxposition will be for the Indiana ten
ear tropbv. the Kellogg single ear
trophy, the Colorado oat trophy, and
honor certificates.
In taib-d information respecting th1^
preliminary show has been distributed
to the demonstration agents through?
out the State, and to many other
taimers Mr w i. English, superin?
tendent "f the extension work at
Cleffjiuun <'oibg\ is in charge of nr
mngements for Ihe show.
11. .nil of Mrs, sn?- Turner.
.Mrs. Sin- s Turner, wife of P IV,
Turner? died at hei b< me tu un n
inond. Tnuuda) evening) December
IIth, ItlS? The bod) wus brought to
unite?- on Wednesday und laid I?
? i in Ihe Bethel eemeter) near
Privat- er.
Before )?? i marriage, *h. u.i w
Sue Jackson of Ihls county, she
leaves a husband and several chil?
dren. Mis Tin in i w as 11 years old.
There is a great deal ol moving
among Ihe colored foil n |usi now. ,
ii- i d at IhlS season of the \.;ir. Th<
farmer- report the "moving bee'
be even more genernl this year than
i.? i. t fore.
WILSON KEEPS SEGRET.
HOLDs TO NON-COMMITAL FOL
K V ON APPOINTMENTS.
Senat??!* etyevs Exhorts President?
elect t<? Name Uovevnor <?r Montana
Um Socreutry ??r InterloVi
Trenton, x. J.. Jan. 2.?Senator
Henry L, Myers of Montana today
urged President-elect Wilson to ap?
point Qov. Edwin L. Norris of Mon
tans secretary of the interior. The
term of OOV, Norris Will expire Jan?
uary 1 I. Smator Myers told the pres?
ident-elect that Gov. Norris had made
a particular, study in the Western and
Northwestern Sttaes of questions af?
fecting their development and re?
sources.
"I esteem him very much," said
Gov. Wilson, later in referring to
Gov. Norris. "I have seen him at the
conferences of the house of govern?
ors. He made an admirable impression
and is very aggressive."
The president-elect, however, held
to his previous policy of not commit?
ting himself in respect to intended ap?
pointments.
With respect to the discussion con?
cerning the seniority rule In commit?
tee appointments in the Senate, Mr.
Myers said:
"We stand for a liberalisation of
the rules of procedure, but we don't
anticipate any serious fight. Those
who may be opposed to our plan will
meet us half way, I'm sure, and there
will he a conciliatory compromise."
Senator Robert L. Owens of Okla?
homa has an appointment with Gov.
Wilson tomorrow.
1'rrliniiunry (irain Show.
Th?- preliminary corn and grain
show for the State of South Carolina
to select the belt for tin* National
show will be held in Columbia on the
8th and 9th of this month. All corn
should be sent to the State Corn
Show by express not later than the
7th of this month.
J. Prank Williams.
New Year's day commenced very
cloudy, but cleared up and closed
with as beautiful weather overhead as
anyone could wish for. It Is hoped
that th?? day was an index of what
the year will he, although everybody
would bo willing to dispense with
the elOUdS at the commencement of
the year,
Dr. P. M. Bern Pi of Camden, who
has purchased the China Drug Store
business, has been in the city for sev?
eral days attending to the transfer.
Dr. Zemp has been in the drug busi?
ness in Camden for a number of
years and there has one of the most
up-to-date drug stores in the State.
Tin- China Drug store will be contin?
ued under the name of Z?>mp's Phar?
macy and will be under tie- manage?
ment Of Dr. ZemPi a son of Dr.
P, If. Zemp, Who is a Ilei tis,.,1 phar?
macist of experience.
Original Amen Corner.
The origin of the name "Amen cor
ner" is interesting and throws a
pleasant light on English Catholicity
of the dayd before the apostasy ol
Henry VIII. Each year on the feast
of Corpus Christi the faithful went lo
procession to St. Paul's cathedral.
Mustering In Cheapside. the proces?
sion moved toward the cr.thedral, the
clergy chanting the "Our Father" as
they passed along the street still
called Paternoster row. reaching the
"Amen" as they turned the corner
knows for years as Amen corner.?
Ave Maria.
Japanese Advancement.
Aji ancient Japanese proverb hnd it.
"Never trust a woman, even if she
has borne you seven children." The
Japanese are discarding this proverb
owing to western inlluenee
True Culture.
"Culture Is knowledge gained not
for its own sake, but for the sake ol
the refining of the mind and thi
sweetening of the world. To kno**
by head rote and not by heart rote
all tho rules of politent ss would nevci
make a ,r.'\n polite. Knowledge is foi
loving use."?'Literature and Life,'
by Rev. L. Maclean Watt.
SCHI 'DI LLS
Southern Hallway?Premier Carrier
of The South.
N*. it. -Schedule fi^iu?-.-? published
as information only ami are not guar?
anteed. Effective Beptember 16th,
111 I,
Departure from Bumter: (Except
Sunday):
No. 1 to ?...::?? a. m. for ?Columbia,
Charleston and way stations.
? No. I II -3.50 P, M. for 1 Columbia,
Charleston and way stations.
\nival: (Except Sunday.):
No. Ill 10.15 a. m. from t h ti -
leston, Columbia and way stations,
No 1 II 6 SS P, m. from (!harles
ton, Columbia and way stations,
W, 11. ?!aff< y, D. 1'. \.
i 'harleston.
W E, McQee, a. u P v.
Columbia, B. C.
A TRIPARTITE
AGREEMENT j
A Story of New Year's Day t
In Old New York
By F. A. MITCH EL #
In the good old Dutch town of New
Amsterdam, now New York, the cus?
tom of New Year's calling had its birth
iu America.
On New Year's day. 1C??, the parlor
of Olafte Van Buskirk? having beeu
thus cleaned, was opeued to the citi?
zens of New Amsterdam. In a corner
was set a table laden with bread,
cheese, cakes and such other eatables
a* had been made by Frau Van Bus
kirk herself. While bottles of Schiedam
schnapps stood guard over the viands,
intimating that no guest should par?
take of them without first paying his
respects to the schuapps.
Now, Leua Vau Buskirk. only child
of this worthy couple, was at this time
the belle of the town, though this
was partly due to her being the daugh?
ter of (for that time and place) wealthy
parents. Her father possessed several
acres of ground, being adjacent to the
fort and protected from the Indians by
its guns. And, as for the possessions
of Lena herself, she owned more petti?
coats than auy young woman on Man?
hattan island.
As is to be supposed, this wealthy
girl was a mark for the matrimonial
iutentions of every unmarried Dutch?
man in the place who had not been iu
jail or otherwise degraded. She had
nothing to say as to whom she would
marry, her parents retaining that pre?
rogative iu themselves. Indeed, among
the great number of applicants it was
fotiud Imponsible for either her fatbet
or her mother or herself to decide tin
aided, and it was determined that the
three heads should in concert name
the acceptable man.
Singularly enough, this plan only com?
plicated matters. The father named
Wotlter Ten Kyck, the mother Winant
<o c^ ? a?.?N.
SUE SAW THK MAN OF HEU CHOICE ABOU1
TO THKOW A UAliL.
Van Zandt, while Lena had set her
heart on Jacobus Ilardenbroek. Had
the father and mother agreed there is
no doubt that Lena would have been
obliged to accept the man of their
choice. There Is also no doubt that the
disagreement would have made a life
spinster of her had not the approach
of New 'Year's day afforded the mighty
genius of Olafte Van Buskirk an op?
portunity to solve the problem. With
a spark of triumph in his eye he de?
clared that whichever < ' the three
suitors. Jacobua Ilardenbroek. Winam
Van Zandt or Wouter Ten Fyck. should
first call Oil New Year's day should be
his sou-indaw.
No New Amsterdam Dutchman ever
came to a decision who was ever talked !
out <>f that decision. Lena knew this
and submitted without a word, and so
perfect was her training that there can
be no doubl she would have submitted
had not her father unfairly attempted
to give an advantage to the man of
his own choice. This set his wife to
try |o beat him at his own game. and.
the family authority being weakened.
Lena herself took a hand in the pro?
ceedings.
New Year's day opened bright and
beautiful. Olaffc Van Ruskirk's house
stu.nl exactly where is now the south
weal corner of the New York Produce
Exchange. The sun shone into the
kitchen, glistening on the polished cook
lug Utensils of Fran Van Buskirk and
when risen higher circling In the south
on the brass headed andirons, poker
tongs and fender which had Ihmmi
polished so highly Ms to reflect the
guns of the foil froWtlitlg Without
Friends Liegau t<? call early In the day.
and since the distances I between the
dwellings Were bul a lew >tops am!
there was plenty t<? eal anil drink no
one hurried The calls were long ami
the eating and drinking. es|M?ciallj the
latter, deep
Olnffe Nan Buskirk, when he got out
of bed in the morning put on sevei ti
extra pairs of breeches in honor of tin
day, his Sui oa\ doublet and a clean
collar twelve Inches broad and starched
so siin that if rnlgbt have served for tl
plllorj as weit us it collar Having pol
[shed the buckles of his shoes nod
sword belt, be breakfasted and sallied
forth to make Iiis calls. Kran Van Bus
kirk having noticed n >;??? k on a nieta
platter, removed ii uud u"t herself
ready to receive visitors, while Lena
sat Up stiff as a ramrod. Uer |?ctticout>
protecting her from any ueur upproacl
on the part of any Dutchman win
might have imbibed too much schnapps
Whether or no Uer heart was tlutteri
with the hope that Jacobus Haiti"1!
brook, the suitor of her ( Loire, wo . I
call before tile other two, there is n
record; for in those days no Dutch gir
ever was known to show emotion. Th.
only sign of (uterest in the matter ;tp
parent was her sitting in a window th.it
gave her vision a clean sweep of the
north face of the fort, the windmill and
the Hudson river. There she sat wa h
iug those who approached the house.
It was about 11 o'clock that Cornel
ius Van Kortlandt appeared. Van Kort
landt's height measu:..d exactly
feet four inches and his girth four l'eet
I five inches, as in the case of C-overnor
Van Twitler. He came up the roadway
that is now a street between the cus?
tom house and the Bowling (Ireeu.
lookiug like a humming top standing
upright on its peg. and hammered with
the huge brass knocker on the Van
Buskirks' front door. A rosy red In?
duced by Holland gin decorated his
nose and cheeks, and he was very gar
rulous. He said that he had been call
ing at the Onderdonks', where he hod
met Van Buskirk. who was drinkiug
with Van Zandt. whom it was evident
he was trying to put under the table.
This information brought a scowl to
the brow of Frau Van Buskirk. aud
Lena gave evidence of being interested.
Van Kortlandt passed on to other calls
and young Teter Van Corlear took his
place at the refreshment table, where
he and the lady -of the bouse were alone
together. Krau Van Buskirk said t<
him in a low voice:
"Peter, if you will go to t"he Onder
donks' and bring Winant Van Zandt
here I will throw all my influence to
you that you may have our daughter j
to wife."
Peter put the forefinger of his right ,
hand against his nose to indicate that
it was a bargain and left the bouse.
At the time of this agreement Leu.-) j
was receiving the call of Carolus Van
dergrieft. and she. too. made a hai
gain. She agreed that If :ie would Qnd 1
Wouter Ten Kyck aud keep him away
from the house till set of sun she
would marry Carolus. provided her
parents would give their consent
Thus it fell out that Van Buskirk by
trying to delay his wife's favorite for
their daughter's hand started a contest
between himself and his wife and their j
daughter, each in behalf of the suitor
favored. While the father aud mother I
were playing, the one to delay, the
other to hasten Van Zant's coming, the
daughter was scheming to delay Ten
Kyck. Lena knew that so long as her
father would continue to put schnapps j
before Van Kant the young man would 1
yield to no other persuasion. If. there- j
fore, she could delay Ten Kyck quite
likely her own choice. Jacobus Harden
broek, might come along in good time j
and win her.
Unfortunately for the success of her
plan Jacobus took it into his bead to j
have a grtmo of l>owls on the bowling
green. There was an inn directly op- i
posite. and after every game either i
beer or schnapps was served, and. 1
though Jacobus was a temperate man. I
he was exceedingly fond of bOWia. Slid
Since it was New Year's day was not
averse to a srmili celebration. It w:is j
4 o'clock in the afternoon when Lena. 1
looking out through a window, saw !
the man of her choice just about to 1
roll a ball on the bowling green.
Throwing up the sash, she cried out to
him:
"Jacobus, are you not making cnlls
today?"
"Yes," replied Jacobus. "I am going
to begin when 1 have finished this
game of bowls."
"You had better hurry. Our last hot
tie is on the refreshment table, ami
there is no more in the cellar.'
"1 don't care for schnapps." he re- j
plied, poising another ball to roll it.
"I prefer bowls."
Lena shut down the window, much
put out witli her lover, whom she did
not wish to tell openly of the tripartite
agreement between herself and her
parents.
It was soon after this that Peter Van
Corlenr re aimed and admitted that
Van Kant was not to be withdrawn ]
from the Onderdonks, and Carolus
Vandergrieft sent word by a negro
slave that while he was doing bis best
to keep Ten Kyck away he feared ev?
ery moment that he would resume
the list of 'alls he was making and
might reach the Van BuskirUs at an\
moment.
Prom \ o'clock, when the message
Came, till sunset the poor girl was
doomed to see the man she wanted
mid who wanted her wasting precious {
time on the bowling green. When H
o'clock came she w ent up to her room
and to bod At half past S Jacobus '
arrived, aud in time to win the prise,
tor neither of the other suitors had
appeared. Klndlng that Lena had
gone to tied, he was much disappointed
and went .iway. leaving word that he
would make his New fear's call the
next evening
When the next evening came round
and he called at the Van Buskirks he
Was received by Pnill Van BusklHt.
who told lit in ot the agreement tor the
previous day and that he had won
i.cni r.ut Lena was so ungry witi
him tor keeping her in :t state of dis?
quietude that she would not have hint
Jacobus pleaded in Vttitl to be forgiv
en for not leaving the game of bowl*
when Leint culled for him. but it Wos
no use \ Dutch girl slow to anger,
but when ii roused not easily placat
cd \ few yen- later she married
I 'e: i; !, \ in Scheinnierhorn
Iii Kl \l Ol
M \K I II S SMITH.
Koma Ihm of Young VI an Luid to Beel
in St. George Cemetery*
st. George, Jan. I.- in the presence
of ,i large concourse of sorrowing
relatives ami friends tin funeral sir
vices over the remains of IfarttUS
Smith were held at the reslden? e of
nis grand mother, Mrs. M. H. Itoorer,
early this afternoon. The Rev. J.
w. Atrial, pastor of the St. Qeorgi
Methodist Church, conducted the ser?
vice.
The remains of the young m.tn
reached St. George this morning about
11.30 o'clock, accompanied by Senator
and Mrs Smith, and a number of rela?
tives and close friends of the family.
Young Mr. Smith accidentally shot
himself a little more than a week ago
while engaged la bunting birds with
his father on the bitter's plantation,
near Lynchburg. While his condition
was regarded as critical from the first,
there was considerable evidence of
improvement a few days following
I the injury, and for a time the at?
tending physicians were of the opin
j ion that there was a slight chance of
: recovery.
Young Mr. Smith, who was 19 years
; of age, was the only son of United
j States Senator E. D. Smith. He was
l a bright young man with a promising
j future. His mother, who died a num
! ber of years ago, was a member of a
prominent St. George family, being a
i daughter of Mrs. M. H. Moorer. A con?
siderable portion of the boyhood days
of young Mr. Smith were spent in St.
George, and the news of his untimely
end was a matter of poignant grief,
not only in St. George, but in differ?
ent sections of the State, where he
was known and admired.
Following the services at the resi?
dence, the remains were laid to rest
' in the cemetery here, and a large
number of beautiful floral offerings
attested the esteem in which the
young man was held.
PARCELS POST INAUGURATED.
Postmaster General Sesads Feral Pack?
age.
Washington, Jan. 1, 1913.?As the
clocks ticked off the first second of
1913. Postmaster General Hitchcock
inaugurated a connection with the
new era in the American postal ser?
vice by depositing in the Washing?
ton postoMice the tirst package to
be entrusted to the domestic parcels
post service. The strokes of the last
hour of 1012 were dying away when
the postmaster general stepped up to
the window under the newly painted
inscription "Parcels Post Packages '
and handed in the official "first pack?
age." At the same moment the par
< els post service was opened for bus?
iness in every postoffice in the United
States open at that hour.
Postmaster General Hitchcock's
package contained a sliver loving cup
enclosed In a stout box. The pack?
age was addressed to R. M. Morgan,
postmaster of the city of New York,
and after It has made its journey to
New York it will be sent back to
Washington to be engraved and pre?
served in the national mesuem to
commemorate the inauguration of
the parcc ! post service.
The postmaster general paid for
27 cents worth of stamps affixed to
the package, which weighed about
two pounds. Of this 17 cents was for
regular postage and 10 cents for "in?
surance," or registration.
In the regular course of the mails
Che package would be placed on
board a train leaving Washington
at 2.4 5 a. m.
Elaborate preparations had been
made by the postofllce department foi
the inauguration of the new service
throughout the country. The post?
master set aside $30,000 from the
$750,000 appropriated by congress for
the parcels post to be used in equip?
ping the offices in the larger cities for
handling the great amount of matter
expected to be sent by the new sei -
vice This sum was divided pro rata
among the big offices and the various
jfOatmaSteri Wer? allowed to use their
own discretion In the expenditure of
the funds foi additional clerks and
for delivery service. Automobile de?
livery trucks were provided in sev?
eral eities.
Mr. Hitchcock has ordered from
the postmaster in ?b?rge of the of?
fices reports on the workings of tie
parcels post to be submitted January
f.. * >n these reports w ill be based
a comprehensive plan i?>r handling
the new service and the estimates for
appropriations to conduct the service
? luring the next fiscal year. Several
postmasters already have report*
thai large department stores and mail
order houses In th< b.u cities have
signified t!.< ir intention . f u-'nc th*
parcels post for lo ?' ilellvery sb
11 (dace lo. ii expr< r inies and'
package serv i> e.
On the extent ? ' this
husln? ss will depend I ? gr
gree th? id th< f< t< e and' equip*
men! necess "v t. handle the addi
ttonal huslm ? ? done by the post
office d< partim tit.
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